elephant

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. (countable, uncountable) A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any member of the subfamily Elephantinae not also of the genera Mammuthus and Primelephas.
3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Anything huge and ponderous.
4. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of elephant paper.
5. (British, childish, countable, uncountable) used when counting to add length, so that each count takes about one second
6. (obsolete, uncountable) Ivory.
7. (countable, uncountable) A xiangqi piece that is moved two points diagonally, may not jump over intervening pieces and may not cross the river.

Konzepte

Elefant

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Elefantenbulle

Elefantin

Elefantenkuh

Elefantenkalb

Elephant -en

Elephant

Pachyderme

-en

Dickhäuter

Synonyme

bishop

butterfly

🦋

elephantine

hippopotamus

🦛

ivory

oliphaunt

pachyderm

elephanta

elephanter

scintillation jamming

Übersetzungen

éléphant

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elefante

🐘

elefante

🐘

olifant

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elefante

🐘

elefant

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elephantus

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ελέφαντας

fil

🐘

فيل

🐘

elefant

elephas

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elefanta

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈɛlɪf(ə)nt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: elefant

Verwandt mit Tahaggart Tamahaq: êlu

Verwandt mit Tamasheq: alu

Verwandt mit Mittelenglisch: olifant

Verwandt mit Altenglisch: elpend

In summary

From Middle English elefant, elefaunt, from Old French elefant, elefan, olifant, re-latinized in Middle French as elephant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās) (gen. ἐλέφαντος (eléphantos)). Believed to be derived from an Afroasiatic form such as Proto-Berber *eḷu (“elephant”) (compare Tamahaq êlu, Tamasheq alu) or Egyptian ꜣbw (“elephant; ivory”). More at ivory. Replaced Middle English olifant (from the aforementioned Old French form, from Vulgar Latin *olifantus), which replaced Old English elpend (“elephant”).